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No. 623,354. Patehted Apr. I8, I899. T. CUR-BAN.

STUDDING 0B SUPPORT FOR PARTITION WALLS.

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PATENT THOMAS CURRAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ELIZABETH SULLIVAN, OF SAME PLACE;

s'ruoomc 0R SUPPORT FOR PARTITION-WALLSL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,354, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed May 5, 1898. Serial No. 679,781. KNO model-J To It whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CURRAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Studding or Support-s for Partition-IValls, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to metallic studding or supports for partitionwalls.

I will describe the construction of partitionwall embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a View of a portion of a partition-wall which is partly broken away to show the arrangement of the studding or supports for the wall. Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in section, drawn to a scale larger than that of Fig. 1 showing the manner of holding an end of one of the vertical supports. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. this a detail top view showing one of the catches or holders for the vertical support. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view showing a modification of the means for securing the facing to its backing or base. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6 0 of Fig. 5, and Fig. '7is a detail view showing a method of securing the top piece of studding to an I-beam.

The studding or support for the partitionwall comprises top and bottom pieces A and B, which are suitably secured to I-beams or other support, vertical pieces 0, and the catches or holders D, by which the vertical pieces are held in position. The several pieces comprising the studding are preferably of metal, and they are of the same construction or arrangement.

Each piece comprises a base or backing CL and a corrugated facing-strip ct, which is secured to the backing a in any desired manner-as, for example, by rivets a Each corrugation of the strip is preferably sinuous, so that as a nail or other fastening device is driven in any corrugation it will be bent slightly in the direction of the curve of the corrugation, so that it will be locked in it. In case of a plain corrugation on the facingstrip any desired means maybe provided for securing the nail-or other fastening device therein.

The catches or holders D are of metal, and they are bent so as to have preferably a U shape in cross-section. Each is provided with openings in its sides (I, so that it may be secured in position by nails or other fastening devices to either the top or bottom piece, and with an opening in its web portion d, through which an'end of one of the vertical. pieces 0 projects.

The manner of constructing a partitionwall in which my invention is employed is as follows: The top and bottom pieces A and B are secured to the respective I-beams in any desired manner. The catches or holders D for the top piece are secured in their proper positions and one end of each vertical piece 0 inserted in the opening in each catch. The lower catches are then slipped onto the free ends of the vertical pieces and then adjusted to their proper position and secured. As an additional security nails or other fastening devices may be driven through the catch or holder through a corrugation of the vertical pieces. \Vire lathing E is then secured to the several pieces A, B, and C by means of nails, which are driven through the mesh of the wire lathing into any of the corrugations of the said pieces. Plaster is then applied in the usual manner to finish the partition.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a different manner of securing the corrugated strips to their base or backing. This manner consists of providing the metal a between the corrugations with an extension a which is bent around the base or backing ct in the manner shown in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a device for securing the top piece of studding to an I-beam. It consists of a catch I, which is bent over the flange 't' of the beam and provided with openings t" in that part under the flange. A nail or other fastening device is then driven through one of the openings t" in one of the corrugations of the strip.

I claim as my invention- I 1. A support or studding-piece for walls comprising a base or backing and a corrugated facing,the corrugations of which are sinuous, substantially as described.

2. A support or studding-piece for walls comprising a suitable base or backing and a metallic facing therefor, said facing being provided with sinuous corrugations, substantially'as described.

3. A support or studding-piece for walls comprising a metallic base or backing, a metallic facing therefor having sinuous corrugations and suitable means for securing said facing to said base, substantially as described.

4. In a partition-wall, the combination of the top and bottom studdingor supporting pieces adapted to be suitably secured, said pieces being provided with sinuous corrugations, the'vertical studding or supporting pieces, and a device for adjustably securing each of the vertical pieces to said top and bottom pieces, substantially as described.

5. In a partition-wall, the combination of the top and bottom studding or supporting pieces adapted to be suitably secured, said pieces being provided with sinuous corrugations, and the vertical studding or supporting pieces adapted to be secured to the top and bottom pieces, said vertical pieces also being provided with sinuous corrugations, substantially as described.

6. A support or studding-piece for walls having sinuous corrugations, substantially as described.

7. In a partition, the combination of a top and bottom piece, each of which is provided with corrugations, vertical pieces between said top and bottom pieces also provided with corrugations, lathing adapted to be secured to said pieces, and suitable means which enter the corrugations of the several pieces for securing said lathing, substantially as described.

8. In a partition-Wall, the combination of .a top and bottom piece, each of which is provided with sinuous corrugations, vertical pieces between said top and bottom pieces also provided with sinuous corrugations, lath ing adapted to be secured to said pieces, and suitable means which enter the sinuous corrugations of the several pieces and become locked therein for securing said lat-hing, substantially as described.

9. The combination in a partition-wall, of partition-supports each of whichcomprises a base or backing and a facing that is corrugated transversely and secured to the base or backing so as to form between it and the base or backing spaces open at one end, lathing adapted to be secured to said supports, and means which pass through the lathing and enter the spaces or openings in the supports for securing the lathing thereto, the said spaces being adapted to engage said means, substan-- tially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' THOMAS CURRAN.

Vitnesses:

J. EUGENE SoNNEn, GEo. E. CRUSE. 

